Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance

Performance anxiety is a common problem afecting musicians’ concentration and well-being. Musicians frequently encounter greater challenges and emotional discomfort when performing in front of an audience. Recent research suggests an important relationship between the characteristics of the built en...

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Autores: Gómez Sirvent, José Luis, Fernández Sotos, Alicia, Fernández Caballero, Antonio, Fernández Sotos, Desirée
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
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Palabra clave:Neuroarchitecture
Performance anxiety
Virtual reality
Eye tracking
Music
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spelling Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distanceGómez Sirvent, José LuisFernández Sotos, AliciaFernández Caballero, AntonioFernández Sotos, DesiréeNeuroarchitecturePerformance anxietyVirtual realityEye trackingMusicPerformance anxiety is a common problem afecting musicians’ concentration and well-being. Musicians frequently encounter greater challenges and emotional discomfort when performing in front of an audience. Recent research suggests an important relationship between the characteristics of the built environment and people’s well-being. In this study, we explore modifying the built environment to create spaces where musicians are less aware of the presence of the audience and can express themselves more comfortably. An experiment was conducted with 61 conservatory musicians playing their instrument in a virtual auditorium in front of an audience of hundreds of virtual humans. They performed at diferent distances from the audience and under diferent levels of ambient lighting, while their eye movements were recorded. These data, together with questionnaires, were used to analyse the way the environment is perceived. The results showed that reducing the light intensity above the audience made the view of the auditorium more calming, and the same efect was observed when the distance between the audience and the musician was increased. Eye-tracking data showed a signifcant reduction in saccadic eye movements as the distance from the audience increased. This work provides a novel approach to architeccture influence on musicians’ experience during solo performances. The fndings are useful to designers and researchers.Springer202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10578/42966reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/429662026-05-27T07:36:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
title Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
spellingShingle Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
Gómez Sirvent, José Luis
Neuroarchitecture
Performance anxiety
Virtual reality
Eye tracking
Music
title_short Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
title_full Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
title_fullStr Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
title_sort Assessment of music performance anxiety in a virtual auditorium through the study of ambient lighting and audience distance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gómez Sirvent, José Luis
Fernández Sotos, Alicia
Fernández Caballero, Antonio
Fernández Sotos, Desirée
author Gómez Sirvent, José Luis
author_facet Gómez Sirvent, José Luis
Fernández Sotos, Alicia
Fernández Caballero, Antonio
Fernández Sotos, Desirée
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Fernández Caballero, Antonio
Fernández Sotos, Desirée
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Neuroarchitecture
Performance anxiety
Virtual reality
Eye tracking
Music
topic Neuroarchitecture
Performance anxiety
Virtual reality
Eye tracking
Music
description Performance anxiety is a common problem afecting musicians’ concentration and well-being. Musicians frequently encounter greater challenges and emotional discomfort when performing in front of an audience. Recent research suggests an important relationship between the characteristics of the built environment and people’s well-being. In this study, we explore modifying the built environment to create spaces where musicians are less aware of the presence of the audience and can express themselves more comfortably. An experiment was conducted with 61 conservatory musicians playing their instrument in a virtual auditorium in front of an audience of hundreds of virtual humans. They performed at diferent distances from the audience and under diferent levels of ambient lighting, while their eye movements were recorded. These data, together with questionnaires, were used to analyse the way the environment is perceived. The results showed that reducing the light intensity above the audience made the view of the auditorium more calming, and the same efect was observed when the distance between the audience and the musician was increased. Eye-tracking data showed a signifcant reduction in saccadic eye movements as the distance from the audience increased. This work provides a novel approach to architeccture influence on musicians’ experience during solo performances. The fndings are useful to designers and researchers.
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